Rachel Blue, MD

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Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery
Department: Neurosurgery

Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Neurosurgery
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA
Education
BS
The Ohio State University, 2013.
MD (Medicine)
University of Minnesota Medical School, 2017.
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Selected Publications

Blue R, Alvarez R, Hines B, Moseley R, Patel E, Witt AS, Zhou Y, Freeman L, Wang Y, Hosokawa P, Gubbels S, Youssef AS.: Antiviral Prophylaxis for Delayed Facial Nerve Palsy Following Vestibular Schwannoma Resection: Single Institutional Series With Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analyses of 7136 Patients. Neurosurgery Jun 2026.

Blue R, Zhou Y, Gubbles S, Youssef AS.: A 2-Staged Approach for Resection of Giant Dumbbell Shaped Facial Nerve Schwannoma With Facial Nerve Preservation. Oper Neurosurg Jan 2026.

Barpujari A, Gandhi OH, Wei KL, Almasri S, Blue R, Vaughan KA, Flanders TM, Choudhri OA.: Endoscopic Fenestration of Enlarging Symptomatic Thalamic Cysts: Twin Cases. World Neurosurg 2026.

Ajmera S, Blue R, Jabarkheel R, Srinivasan VM, Burkhardt JK.: Treatment of a Giant Fusiform Vertebrobasilar Artery Aneurysm in a Hybrid OR: M2-P2 Bypass With Radial Artery Interposition Graft Bypass and Endovascular Coiling: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg 29: 753-754, Nov 2025.

Jabarkheel R, Muhammad N, Blue R, Ajmera S, Davis P, Vaz A, Srinivasan VM, Burkhardt JK.: In Situ M2 Bypass for Treatment of Fusiform Middle Cerebral Artery Bifurcation Aneurysm: Technical Case Instruction and Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg 29: 428-433, Jan 2025.

Soegaard Ballester JM, Ginzberg SP, Finn CB, Passman J, Miranda SP, Blue R, Stein J, Mahmoud NN, Kelz RR, Wachtel H.: Should I See You Again Soon? Multispecialty Assessment of Impact and Burden of Preoperative History and Physical Update Visits. J Am Coll Surg 239: 114-124, Aug 2024.

Heman-Ackah SM, Blue R, Quimby AE, Abdallah H, Sweeney EM, Chauhan D, Hwa T, Brant J, Ruckenstein MJ, Bigelow DC, Jackson C, Zenonos G, Gardner P, Briggs SE, Cohen Y, Lee JYK.: A multi-institutional machine learning algorithm for prognosticating facial nerve injury following microsurgical resection of vestibular schwannoma. Sci Rep 14: 12963, Jun 2024.

Albayar A, Spadola M, Blue R, Saylany A, Dagli MM, Santangelo G, Wathen C, Ghenbot Y, Macaluso D, Ali ZS, Ozturk AK, Welch WC: Incidental Durotomy Repair in Lumbar Spine Surgery: Institutional Experience and Review of Literature Global Spine J 14(4): 1316-1327, May 2024.

Albayar A, Spadola M, Blue R, Saylany A, Dagli MM, Santangelo G, Wathen C, Ghenbot Y, Macaluso D, Ali ZS, Ozturk AK, Welch WC.: Incidental Durotomy Repair in Lumbar Spine Surgery: Institutional Experience and Review of Literature. Global Spine J 2024.

Salmon MK, Eide JG, Kshirsagar RS, Blue R, Yoshor D, Sean Grady M, Lee JYK, Palmer JN, Adappa ND.: Multi-institutional Analysis of Endoscopic Sellar Surgical Volumes During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2024.

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